diff --git a/public/app/core/utils/explore.test.ts b/public/app/core/utils/explore.test.ts
index 658f3eefd0f..c749b642d0f 100644
--- a/public/app/core/utils/explore.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/utils/explore.test.ts
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ describe('when buildQueryTransaction', () => {
     const transaction = buildQueryTransaction('left', queries, queryOptions, range, false);
     expect(transaction.request.interval).toEqual('2h');
   });
+  it('it should create a request with X-Cache-Skip set to true', () => {
+    const queries = [{ refId: 'A' }];
+    const range = { from: dateTime().subtract(1, 'd'), to: dateTime(), raw: { from: '1h', to: '1h' } };
+    const transaction = buildQueryTransaction('left', queries, {}, range, false);
+    expect(transaction.request.skipQueryCache).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('generateEmptyQuery', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/core/utils/explore.ts b/public/app/core/utils/explore.ts
index 501a03d57d4..ef155e87be0 100644
--- a/public/app/core/utils/explore.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/utils/explore.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ export function buildQueryTransaction(
     },
     maxDataPoints: queryOptions.maxDataPoints,
     liveStreaming: queryOptions.liveStreaming,
+    skipQueryCache: true,
   };
 
   return {